Press Releases

With the new GKF 60, Syntegon Technology sets new standards in lab-scale capsule filling under the motto "GKF 60 – takes your molecule to production". "Researching pharmacists and laboratories need to bring their new drugs to regulatory approval quickly and in a targeted manner. To do so, they need a mobile machine that enables the development of new formulations with a wide variety of dosing systems - flexibly and at different OEB levels," says Matthias Mössing

Prairie Industries, along with its partner company Nu-Pak, today announced its new name for the combined organization: Truvant. The announcement coincides with Prairie’s recent acquisition of Sonoco’s European contract packaging business. Truvant provides a wide range of scalable contract packaging, contract manufacturing, and supply chain solutions to many of the world’s leading food, consumer, household and industrial brands. The recently acquired European packag

The Legion of Bloom (LEGION) — an eco-conscious Northern California cannabis company — is proud to announce it has adopted 100% plastic-free packaging for its award-winning vape lines. The new packaging eliminates single-use plastic waste in the supply chain and raises the bar for sustainability within an ever-growing cannabis industry. The containers are made in the USA with wind energy and the packaging is FSC-certified, meaning that the materials were derived in a sus

Smurfit Kappa Group, as one of the world's largest integrated manufacturers of paper-based packaging products with operations in Europe and the Americas, is pleased to announce that it has completed the acquisition of Cartones del Pacifico, a leading paper-based packaging company in Peru. The acquisition represents an important milestone for the Company as it expands its footprint in the Americas from 12 to 13 countries, and builds on the Group’s leadership position as the

Mondi has signed a new €750 million 5-year revolving multicurrency credit facility agreement (‘RCF’) to refinance the existing €750 million facility that was due to mature in July 2022. It includes an option to extend the RCF by one or two years with each bank's approval. The RCF incorporates key sustainability targets linked to MAP2030 (Mondi’s Action Plan to meet its ambitious 2030 sustainability goals), classifying the facility as a Sustainability

Via Separations, an MIT spinout company developing process intensification systems to reduce energy intensity, announced its first successful pilot with Graphic Packaging International (GPI) for black liquor concentration.  "This pilot represents the first successful implementation of membranes in the black liquor process in history," says Jeff Butler, Center of Excellence Lead at GPI. "Others have attempted this before, and we were skeptical at first that it could work. B

Amcor today introduced ACT2100™ heat seal coating for medical grade DuPont™ Tyvek®2 and paper packaging applications. This next generation coating technology delivers enhanced performance features for healthcare applications and will be produced in multiple locations worldwide to offer customers increased flexibility to be supplied from the most suitable location for the manufacturing and packaging of their devices. Customers choosing ACT2100 will benefit from the so

Evergreen, the PET recycling division of Greenbridge, has announced its intent to acquire CarbonLite’s PET recycling facility in Riverside, California, in a deal that will significantly enhance the company’s position as a leading PET recycler and manufacturer of food-grade RPET. The acquisition will give Evergreen a larger presence in North America with locations in the Midwest and West Coast. Terms of the purchase were not disclosed. The announcement comes just weeks af

Pelican BioThermal, the global name in temperature controlled packaging solutions, announces new service offerings that support customers who use single use products, such as CoolPall™ Flex single use bulk shippers and CoolGuard™ Advance single use parcel shippers. The company now offers the option to condition BRIC coolants for single use products at locations worldwide. “Over the past several years, we’ve worked to expand our presence across the globe to ma

Thanks to the fast make-ready, low waste, and increased productivity of the FA-17, Grif plans to reach more competitive label markets in South America. The increased production and cost efficiency will enable Grif to achieve better and lower pricing structures. Nilpeter Presses in São Paulo Grif operates a total of 15 flexo presses in São Paulo, Brazil. The first Nilpeter press, an MO-3300S, was acquired in 2008. This was followed by a number of

Berlin Packaging, the world's largest hybrid packaging supplier, received 14 medals from the 2021 National Association of Container Distributors (NACD) packaging competition, the most given to a single supplier.  The NACD Awards celebrate the year's most innovative packaging solutions.  Including these latest victories, Berlin Packaging has now amassed over 90 NACD medals in nine years. Winning two gold, eight silver, and four bronze awards, Berlin Packaging demons

WeighPack unveils its new Swifty Bagger Side Load automatic bagging machine, offering new features for customers that require product orientation within a pre-made pouch. This compact machine can load pillow and gusseted bags ranging in length from 150 to 350 mm and in width from 120 to 260 mm, either with zippers or without. Additional options are available to provide a nitrogen gas flush for customers looking to increase product shelf life as well as a labeling configuration to pr

Neenah, Inc., the leading North American supplier of reinforced medical packaging papers, announces an ultra-lightweight addition to their single-use sterile packaging offering. This innovative, high-performance solution introduces the market to a durable, cost-saving alternative to kraft and synthetic-based medical packaging traditionally used for nasal swabs, syringes, and other single-use applications. “This ultra-lightweight addition brings new opportunities closer in reac

Vention, a manufacturing automation platform (MAP), today announced its partnership with OnRobot, which makes tools for collaborative applications. This partnership combines Vention’s online-first manufacturing automation platform with OnRobot’s library of plug-and-play end-of-arm tools to accelerate the design and deployment of end-to-end cobot applications. Vention’s MAP provides users with the engineering software and modular hardware they need to design, automa

Harpak-ULMA announced the launch of the “Harpak-ULMA Packaging Academy,” a customer-focused educational curriculum. The Packaging Academy helps producers more quickly onboard and enable packaging staff with modular, guided learning and skills assessment, complete from beginner through advanced curriculum. The formalized educational program establishes a much-needed alternative to traditional producer reliance on tribal knowledge, single-instance training, or vendor professional se